Sr. Cloud Architect

Alternate Locations: Work from Home

 

 Work Arrangement:

Hybrid/Flexible : Work at home and use the office as appropriate for in-person collaboration.

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 72769

 

The Role at a Glance

The Lincoln Financial Group has a cloud-first strategy and made enterprise-wide commitments to the migration of applications into our cloud environments. As a Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect, you will be responsible for collaborating with Cloud Security and Cloud Engineering to develop and deliver the strategy and architecture for Lincoln’s enterprise cloud platform. In this role you will be consulting with thought leaders from across the company, Federated architects, and DevOps teams to uncover and document requirements, capture use cases, and deliver designs for new cloud services, patterns, and enterprise capabilities.  

What you'll be doing

 

• Work with customers to understand their needs and develop use cases around their use of AWS services.  
• Develop service guardrail designs aligning security, governance, and utility in accord with our principles, standards, and use cases. 
• Understand and analyze new and existing AWS services in depth to fit and function to meet our needs.  
• Act as a technical SME for the design of cloud hosted solutions based on our palette of certified services and guardrails, consulting on design practices, quality standards and architectural principles. 
• Lead technical discussions, present best practices, and guide startups on AWS architecture, services, and solutions to ensure scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness. 
• Design and build patterns including contributing and approving code to our Cloud Catalog repository of IaC patterns. 
• Champion full-stack automated quality - IaC, deployment, and monitoring and promote best practices for building and operating highly reliable systems, to our customers. 
• Create and update applicable technical documentation. 
• Coach and mentor other team members. 
• Raise the bar for the enterprise as a strong voice for the promulgation of our architectural principles. 

What we’re looking for

 

Must-haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or engineering 
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) 
• Excellent communication skills verbal & written in English. Capable of communicating complex technical information as appropriate to an audience 
• Vast experience in developing associated business cases and plans which are detailed, actionable and aligned with industry best practices 
• Ability to solve complex technical problems and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision 
• Ability to support the Enterprise Cloud Architecture team to prioritize activities and provide deliverables as planned 

  

Nice-to-haves

• Extensive working knowledge of Cloud principles and technologies including experience designing, building, and maintaining solutions in AWS 
• AWS certifications are desired although not essential with demonstrable ability 
• Excellent knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools such as GitLab 
• Strong background in Linux/UNIX administration  
• Developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK 2.0 and CloudFormation 
• Familiarity with containers (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) 
• Familiarity with Typescript and knowledge of one or more scripting languages (bash, Powershell, Python) 
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring and alerting services and capabilities. (Native tools, New Relic) 
   

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial Group, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.

 

What’s in it for YOU:

• A clearly defined career framework to help you successfully manage your career

• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

• PTO/parental leave

• Competitive 401K and employee benefits

• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program

• Tuition assistance program

• A leadership team that pri